VESSEL NO.: Burial 5, Vessel 36; 2003.08.219

NON-PLASTICS AND PASTE: grog

VESSEL FORM: Carinated bowl

RIM AND LIP FORM: Direct rim and rounded lip

CORE COLOR: F (fired in a reducing environment and cooled in the open air)

INTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

EXTERIOR SURFACE COLOR: yellowish-brown; fire clouds on the body and base

WALL THICKNESS (RIM, BODY, AND BASE IN MM): rim, 5.4 mm

INTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

EXTERIOR SURFACE TREATMENT: smoothed

HEIGHT (IN CM): 5.3

ORIFICE DIAMETER (IN CM): 13.8

DIAMETER AT BOTTOM OF RIM OR NECK (IN CM): 12.5

BASE DIAMETER (IN CM) AND SHAPE OF BASE: 5.4; circular and rounded

ESTIMATED VOLUME (IN LITERS): 0.44

DECORATION (INCLUDING MOTIF AND ELEMENTS WHEN APPARENT): The rim panel has an engraved motif that features alternating nested diamonds (twice) and circle within circle (twice) elements. The nested diamond element is the central feature in a series of four separate curvilinear scrolls. Above the scrolls are small excised pendant triangles, while below the scrolls are curvilinear engraved lines with excised pendant triangles.

PIGMENT USE AND LOCATION ON VESSEL: white pigment in engraved lines

TYPE AND VARIETY [IF KNOWN]: Ripley Engraved, cf. var. McKinney

Ripley Engraved, cf. var. McKinney carinated bowl, Enis Smith cemetery, Burial 5, Vessel 36.